Quoting: CatKillerif I happen to get the survey on both a desktop and a Deck in a particular month (I haven't had the survey on my Deck in the 2½ months I've had it, btw) then I'll get counted twice in the hardware survey (because that's two pieces of hardware) but I'll only count as one active user (because there's only one of me)

Not really. Accounts are selected randomly for the steam survey. If you are, a popup will appear on all of your devices. You'll be counted only one time, I'm not sure on which device. I usually try to answer on my main gaming rig.

PC gamers could also be ansering from their Windows machine, skewing the results too.

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That's an 3.35% increase

Do you mean [percentage] points?

I've been looking at GoL's survey. OSS GPU drivers surpassed proprietary ones recently (AMD pretty close to overtaking nvidia). Interesting trends all around, included for Wayland adoption, which seems to be picking up (btw, there's no "window managers" on Wayland. Not yet.)

I'm wondering if you could do monthly "one-off" surveys in the reminder post. Maybe also accept anonymous input (counted separately). The topic could be quite random. "Will you get a steamdeck", "have you tried VR", "What language do you have Steam set to", etc.

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Quoting: BlooAlienToo many corporate "bean-counters" with dollar signs in their eyes "stepping over dollars to pick up dimes"… They just can't grasp that the way to increase profits long-term and reliably is foster a loyal fan-base that repeat buys from you on a regular basis, rather than an angry hateful mob that will actively go to any of your competition rather than spend a single thin dime with you.

Don't forget that "bean counter" performance is also measured short-term!

It'as if everything was designed to prioritize short-term gains, up to th CEO and shareolders... by design?

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Quoting: SlackdogWas broken here for a while - guess I know why now, lol! Tried it last night and it's working fine, can even connected with EAC enabled (it doesn't work but allows me to play campaign etc.. so there's that.

Ooh, can you get achievements (or access the exchange) without the EAC workaround this way?

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I wonder if the demand is going to keep up? How much of a marketshare it's going to reach?

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Quoting: BlooAlienPersonally I've had nothing but good luck with Halo: Master Chief Collection via Proton so far, in both single-player and non-EAC multiplayer co-op with friends, but I'm still quite happy to hear they're actually trying to put the finishing touches on making it "complete".

I get bugs fast-forwarding replays. Determinism issues?

I wish there was a plit screen mode though. Plus, that would work right away!
I guess the more complex part with that is account management. Maybe a good opportunity to introduce "loadouts" that include character customization, or save slots/profiles?

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Ah, I thought the game was being made free :)

I've had it since EA, but never really took time to play it.

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Quoting: SchattenspiegelWhat a good opportunity to show that one is not willing to give them money until they address the mess they have made recently.

I'd buy it, but set 2K to 0.

Then, I own most of these already...

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I commented yesterday on the Infinite update thread. More than 1k angry comments and zero likes on the announcement...

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Well, then would Risk of Rain (and the second) qualify?

Reminds me a bit of Ubermosh too :)

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